Dexerials Corporation Download PDF
Market: Tokyo
Symbol: 4980
ISIN: JP3548770001
Sector: Chemicals
Company profile

Dexerials Corporation(“Dexerials”), the precursor of which was Sony Chemicals Corporation, was established in 1962. Dexerials is an R&D‑oriented company, offering state‑of‑the‑art materials, technology and devices that are indispensable for everyday products supporting your life and industry. Dexerials develops and offers high value‑added products, by rapidly identifying changing market needs and challenges through approaching both direct customers who use the products of Dexerials and final customers who manufacture the final products, based on a problem‑solving business model that provides solutions matching technological trends. Hereafter, Dexerials aims to achieve sustained growth and enhance its corporate value through contributing to solve social issues by offering cutting-edge solutions in new business domains, leveraging its unique business models, technology, and other assets.

Share Data 14/03/2025
Currency JPY
Previous Close 2,006
Change (%) 0.91
Volume 692,900
Number of Shares ( mil) 180.64
Market Cap ( mil) 362,369.06
Key figures
(Unit: Millions of Yen) 2022.3 2023.3 2024.3
Net sales 95,712 106,167 105,198
Operating profit 26,642 32,288 33,421
Profit attributable to owners of parent 16,669 20,685 21,382
Basic earnings per share (yen) 274.61 350.62 368.71

(Reference) Before amortization of goodwill EPS (yen)

304.08

389.32

408.08
Total payout ratio (before amortization of goodwill) (%) 42.3 56.6 50.8
Total assets 128,785 126,379 138,016
Net assets 64,576 73,774 84,953
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 25,804 21,339 27,457
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (12,434) (9,447) (10,866)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (5,783) (12,535) (10,343)
EBITDA 32,478 39,101 40,024
ROIC (%) 22.5 24.4 22.3
ROE (%) 28.5 30.3 27.1

(Reference) Before amortization of goodwill ROE (%)

31.5 33.6 30.0
Capital expenditure

5,250

13,926

7,482
Depreciation 4,207 4,615 4,510
Amortization of goodwill 1,788 2,283 2,283
Research and development 3,876 4,274 4,706
Exchange rate (yen/US dollar) 112.4 135.5 144.6
Dividends per share (yen) 60 65 100
Number of employees (persons)

1,915

1,943

1,892

(Notes)

Shareholder return policy: returning profits to shareholders at a total return ratio of 40% of consolidated profit attributable to owners of the parent company before goodwill amortization
Total payout ratio (before amortization of goodwill) = (Total dividend payment + Total share buyback) / (Net profit + Amortization of goodwill) ×100
EBITDA= Operating profit + Depreciation expense recorded as operating expenses + Amorization of goodwill
ROIC= (Operating profit × (1-Effective tax rate)) / (Capital + Interest-bearing debt)
ROE= Profit attributable to owners of parent / Capital ×100

Principal Shareholders
As of March 31, 2024
Shareholders Number of shares held (shares)
Shareholding Ratio (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 9,887,600 16.51
SSBTC CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT 5,865,691 9.79
Custody Bank of Japan (Trust Account) 3,595,500 6.00
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 3,125,000 5.22
Custody Bank of Japan (Trust E Account) 2,727,200 4.55
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2,520,000 4.21
The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (Trust Account) 2,420,100 4.04
RBC ISB S/A DUB NON RESIDENT/TREATY RATE UCITS-CLIENTS ACCOUNT-MIG 1,218,900 2.03
NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE FIDELITY FUNDS 1,071,200 1.79
MISAKI ENGAGEMENT MASTER FUND 1,053,300 1.76
Net sales by Business Segment
As of March 31, 2024


Breakdown by Type of Shareholder
As of March 31, 2024

Note: Our treasury stock of 294,111 shares is excluded from the above list and distribution.